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UNITED v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM L. BROWN AND SILAS M. BROWN, OF VISTULA, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIDER-PRESSES- Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 181,243, dated August 22, 1876; application filed July 22,1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, H. L. BROWN and S. M. BROWN, of Vistula, in thecounty of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cider-Presses; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs,which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in wine and cider presses and itconsists in the arrangement and combination of parts, that will be morefully described hereinafter, whereby a powerful and effective press isproduced.

Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Figs. 3, 4,5, 6, 7 are detail views of the same.

(1 represents a suitable base, from which rise the two standards I),vwhich are suitably connected together by the three cross-timbers k, twoof which cross-timbers have their ends recessed into the verticaltimbers b, so as to enable them to stand the great pressure thatisbrought to bear upon them. These cross-timbers are otherwise braced orsupported, as may be found necessary. Supported upon the lowercross-timber and the frame I is a platform, 0, upon which the racks dare placed, the platform being made long enough to hold two or I moreracks, and corrugated in any suitable manner, so as to conduct the juiceto-the vessels placed to receive them. On the top of frame I is placed asuitable grinder, e, from which the apples fall into the rack d, that isShould there not be pomace enough to fill the rack, blocks should beplaced in it to a suitable height before it is drawn under thepress. Inorder to move these racks along the platform Without raising them, abar, g, which slides upon the top of the guard around the edge of theplatform, is used, and to. the ends of which are secured the ropes orchains h. The other ends of the ropes or chains are secured to thewindlass t, by the operation of which the rack can be moved from thefirst position to the second under the press. Sliding on the top of theplatform, on each side, is a block, j, each of which is attached to aweight, m, and is provided with a hook to catch the bar 9 as it is thebar backward, so as to be ready to again be used. Pivoted to each of theuprights b is a catch, a, whichhave their ends so shaped as to fitaround the sides of the rack, and prevent it from being moved in anydirection. Immediately above the rack, while held in this secondposition, is the cylinder 0 and plunger or piston 10 of a hydraulicpress. The water is forced from the barrel or other receptacle g by theforce-pump 7, through the pipe 8, into the cylinder, the piston therebybeing forced downward upon the pomace. As soon as the juice has beenforced out of the pomace, a stop-cockis opened in the discharge-pipe t,when the weights a, which are fastened to the piston, draw it upward andforce the water from the cylinder back into the barrel. The catches aare then raised upward, the wind lass '11 and bar 9 again used, and therack containing the expressed pomace is then moved toward the end of theplatform beyond the standards, into the third position. Attached to oneof the standards b is a crane, e, which can be freely swung around fromside to side. This crane is then moved around, the hooks on the end ofthe rope are fastened to the rack, the rack raised upward, then swungout over a wagon or cart, and the pressed pomace emptied into it. Whilethis rack has been operated upon, another one has been filled, and isready to at once be moved forward under the press. This crane is alsoused for loading the barrels of older into the wagons.

The racks are composed of a series of slats, 1, which are securedtogether by two or more iron or steel rods, 2, which allow the rack toopen on one side when the latches 3 are un-' fastened. Between the slatsand over-the rods are placed wooden blocks 7, beveled in such a manneras to evenly hold the slats apart. The metal blocks 4, to which thelatches 3 and projections over which they catch are secured, are alsoformed like these blocks, as shown, and both hold the slats apart, andform a solid fastening, The bottom 8 of the racks is also formed ofslats, as shown, and has two hooks, 5, formed on one side, to catch overthe bottom rod 2, and a catch, 6, on the opposite side,

which catches over the top of the lower latch. When the rack is opened,the side on which the catch 6 is placed at once falls, while the hooks 5hold it suspended from the side of the rack.

The crane v may be attached to the standards b, as here shown, or in anyother way that may be preferred.

We claim- 1. The combination of the rack, abar, g, ropes or chains h,and Windlass i with the blocks j and weights m, substantially as setforth.

2. The catches n, pivoted to the uprights b so as to move vertically,and adapted to hold the racks in position, substantially as specified.

Witnesses ISAAC WILLIAMSON, E. B. MYERS.

